A35 Power Loss Forced Landing

[@crooked-halo]

19:10 - "You can't see those things. Regarding powerlines. My brother is a hot air balloon pilot & I fly with him often & love it. He assigns passengers the job of looking out for power lines. Mainly on approach to land because fields are often surrounded by them. Of course, he also looks out for them, but they are damn hard to see and they blend into the ground and surrounding area. This is why balloons hit them sometimes.

[@JamesDonald-bl3zp]

I had a cousin that was killed in a crash due to some power lines, he was aiming for the interstae 81 in Va cause the run out of fuel on a training flight but the didnt see the the power line evidently and cause the crash, the lines were just regular power lines, not the huge type, and they caught the landing gear !

[@joncox9719]

Love a Happy Ending! We’ve had so many tragic endings during the last 24 months, it’s a breath of fresh air to hear this man’s story! He NEVER stopped flying the plane! Great job! Hope your story helps others who may end up in in a similar situation!

[@BladsonO1]

Wow, what an scary but amazing story. The pilot talked about his actions and his decision making which clearly saved his life. Excellent piloting.

[@jonathanfarr4168]

I work for a Fire Department in the same county this plane went down in and was on duty that morning, we listened to the call go out, so glad this aviator had a positive outcome. The area he encountered his problem is mostly mountains, rolling hills and trees and largely devoid of pastures, spectacular job putting this down on the only major highway in that area. Hopefully you can get that beautiful Bonanza back in the air as soon as you can.

[@terryhoskins9391]

Your team was on the scene in a hurry! I was really thankful to see them! They were prepared for duty and made quick work of the grass fire after making sure we were ok. Thanks to you and them for all you do for us!

[@AmericanBonanzaSociety]

It's always good to hear first-hand from someone who experienced an emergency and survived.

[@greggb1416]

Loved hearing this pilot, tell “his” story…, as opposed to Airman Perdue giving a full report at so point…, because this pilot didn’t make it. This pilot gave an excellent accounting of the incident… Great video, Thank you Scott.

[@FlyWirescottperdue]

Me too!

[@email4664]

@@FlyWirescottperdue I am getting a 1949 Navion a back into flight condition, and replaced most everything in the fuel system, past the tanks, short of the hard lines- After seeing this, I think that is going to change before I get the annual done... Your video may have just saved an aircraft, and it's contents.

[@chaspfrank]

Lucky on so many counts: Usable road, enough speed to bust through a series of significant cables, gas not igniting while breaking an 11,000 volt powerline!! That being said, great control by this pilot. You can hear the emotion in his voice as he relates the incident. Great to hear of such a good outcome to what could have been another GA tragedy.

[@zidoocfi]

Regarding the "enough speed to bust through...cables" comment -- As a generic comment for how to teach pilots about emergency landings, is this what we really want to teach? I assume everyone wants to avoid cables/wires in the first place, but if we are going to hit some, I do NOT think that "high speed so as to break through" is good.

[@RaysDad]

I think he said the cable was three-phase, which means it has three 120 v wires that are not in phase. That's still more than enough voltage to kill the passenger and pilot.

[@francisschweitzer8431]

Yea…. Can’t imagine speed being to slow at the power lines and having them flip you or hang you there like a piñata.

[@dandaniel439]

What a great story. This pilot performed what he practiced.

[@danielkeirsteadsr1241]

3 or 4 min is like a 1/2 hour. He did everything right under great pressure.

[@jeffselchow5719]

Aviate, Navigate, Communicate. Then walk away. Good Job Terry.

[@SmittySmithsonite]

That's one thing that stood out to me the first time I flew a paramotor, is how INVISIBLE powerlines become without a blue or white/gray background to look at them with. They blend right in with the ground! Have to look for the towers or poles to even know they're there. Great story!! Excellent job by the pilot. Glad everyone walked away from that, especially with a substantial fuel leak.

[@francisschweitzer8431]

Glad he has a story to tell. Great job …

[@914va]

Great story. Good ending..thank god. I had a engine out at 2,500' and was at my 15 hour mark on my log book and solo,,,building up hours. I am convinced the repitition of emergency procedures drilled in my head by my instructor saved my life and the airplane. A long cornfield was a nice sight to see. I wonder now, how I would have handled that moment with the hours and bad habits i formed later.

[@1dariansdad]

Glad you're here, Terry.

[@kimberlyspringfield3564]

WOW! So wonderful to have a successful outcome. Kudos to this Pilot!

[@CC-te5zf]

The old Bonanza held together long enough to help two people see more birthdays. Great outcome. Praise God.

[@Kiwi0Six]

Big thanks to Terry for sharing and to Terry & Scott for lessons learned. Congratulations for the airmanship that led to the safe outcome!

[@tinlizzie37]

Like you posts Scott, but I don't fly anymore, 84 yrs old. I also had a Bonanza 35 late model with "A' model up-dates. Also partnered in two different Stearmans and flew them for twenty years. My Doctor friend was flying it, and was buzzing a pier on the shores of Lake Erie in N.E.Ohio, when the engine sputtered, and he banked the plane towards the water. I yelled "What the heck are you doing?" while I grabbed the stick while in the front seat, and started to pump the throttle, she kicked back on and I slowly circled a small field, and the spotted a golf coarse ahead, and slowly gained altitude. I tried to not pump the throttle a few times, and each time, the engine died, so pump I did, all the way home about 20 miles away. I removed the carb after landing and found something rattling around in it. I removed all the parts, and still there was rattling. I put the air nozzle and blew into the main jet area, and pow, a big puff of brown dust came out. A mud ball was acting as a plug at full throttle and cutting off the fuel. We were really lucky that day, because if my partner would have went in the water, we surely would be goners. Thanks again for your posts.

[@F1fan007]

Very impressive handling of that emergency and the landing. Wow. Beautiful airplane too. I’m sure that was a very sad day for him since he has obviously taken very good care of the airplane. He seems like a really good guy besides being a great pilot. Thank you for sharing this

[@mattbowers3541]

1) Pitching for best glide should be done with turning to best landing spot. Don't fly away from the best spot while obtaining best glide. Vglide is often a very shallow pitch down. 2) With low wings, switch tanks and hit the boost pump before running the checklist.

[@captaincurle4529]

When I was 14, I knew the owner of a V35B bonanza and he would occasionally let me fly with them. Having flown many small Cessnas and such, I was always amazed at how sturdy and well-built the Bonanza felt. Solid aircraft for sure.

[@toddpeterson7316]

Thank you both for sharing your story! Wonderful to hear an aviator do what aviation is all about. Scott, thank you for all the effort you put into your channel, it shows!

[@easttexan2933]

Great video Scott. So very happy Terry and his passenger walked away. I kept waiting for Terry to say that because of all the videos you, Dan, and Juan have produced about this very thing, he was very vigilant about his airspeed and was not gonna stall that airplane no matter what. I think that would have been a great kudos to you three and a thumbs up that y'all might be making a difference.

[@duanequam7709]

Just another great happy ending report. You and Juan have my attention and gratitude.

[@davestarr7112]

A great story and one particularly appropriate due to all the sad, predictable loss of control/distraction on landing deadly crashes we hear about so often. This pilot was faced with one hell of an emergency situation and he and his companion could have very easily been dead. Happens so often when something goes wrong. But he kept his emotions under control and in the best Bob Hovr tradition, flew the aircraft all the way to tthe crash. That's the way to stay alive folks. Kudos to all involved.

[@el-blake-o4766]

A buddy of mine had a similar incident in his G model returning to Phoenix from Reno, his problem was not a split fuel line but a fuel connection that had loosened. He was pretty high in order to get over the mountains leaving Reno. He tried the wobble pump as one of his trouble shooting items and the engine came back, they were directly over an airport and he wobble pumped the entire time and landed safely. He and his wife took a bus home to Az and he then returned the next weekend to find what happened and found the loose connection. A very similar situation.

[@williamoddo9199]

I had an unknown loose brass fuel connection once, landed as scheduled and engine quit as soon as I pulled throttle over threshold, I was lucky. Thanks Scott for interview

[@brentdykgraaf184]

When I had my two near death experiences.......I dropped to my knees and prayed.

[@jackoneil3933]

Good to see Terry's ok, and much respect for sharing his experience for the benefit of others. A couple of things come to mind here, Firsst being the benefit of establishing and and maintaining engine-out proficiency and strategies and demands in a high performance aircraft such as the Bonanza. I used to recommend all my Bonanza customers go through a Flight Safety course an ATP provided near Seattle.Mike Rentel had an A35 and a very comprehensive eye-opening training regime that after going through it my self and doing a LOT of practice dead sticks during departure, approach, pattern entry, simulated IMC en route and IFR and off-airport. Every one who wen through it said it was the best survival training they had. Perhaps someone knows of something like that today? The other thing is with early V35 fuel systems and pumps. Terry's mention of the old Bendix pressure carbs and low fuel pressure can be a real issue. A partial pressure loss can result in an abrupt, total or near total, instant power loss. You might see fuel reduced fuel pressure but not realize a partial pressure loss was the cause of a total power loss. Applying fuel boot and/or reducing throttle can reestablish fuel flow or proper mixture Main and Aux fuel pumps in early Bonanzas can be a duke's mixture of manual and electric aux pumps, with many points of leaks or failure, and it's essential to understand the systems and that they are not just inspected but upgraded and maintained. One personal account to that point (I have a few others) was in a B35 with a recently replaced, low time Thompson engine driven fuel pump and the old vertical bicycle style manual aux pump, and no electric aux pump. On a departure over a city center airport, at about 1000 ft above the ground, and a couple of miles off the end of the runway experienced an instant complete power loss like shutting off both mags. I instantly lowered the nose and began a turn back towards he airport to land down wind on my departure runway and declared an emergency. No sooner than i broadcast the emergency the engine instantly resumed power and I commenced a full power climb back to the airport. I reached 1500ft AGL about mile from the airport, and with the engine running fine, a lot of tailwind and a not so long runway, i decided to continue the climb over the airport and do a reversing overhead approach. As I crossed the departure end with the engine running fine I elected to jog right and do a tight downwind and base from pattern altitude, but just as I started to jog, the engine abruptly quit again. Immediately I noticed I had zero fuel pressure and I started pumping the vertical hand pump but found that rapid pumping I only partial power was restored, and after a few seconds fuel started gushing out the shaft of the fuel pump profusely I decided then to dead stick from abeam the runway an being a fast and high, I dropped the gear and started a high, tight left base, only to have a Luscombe 8A roll slowly onto the runway. I was so high and tight he never saw saw me and with no radio he didn't hear me. I pulled the gear started pumping (and gushing), did a couple of s-turns and landed.with my left leg, the carpets, wood floor boards and belly soaked in fuel. On inspection I discovered the shaft pin on the new Thompson pump was loose, backed out and was partially making contact. both the shaft seal and cup seal on the Hand pump were old and disintegrated on heavy use. while waiting for a replacement engine driven pump I overhauled the vertical pump and did ground run using only hand pump and found it was only possible to get about 50% to 70% power. I added an STC's electric aux pump. From that experience I am advocate of installing an electric aux pump on early V35s with only a hand aux or wobble pump.

[@FlyWirescottperdue]

Thanks for sharing your story!

[@skydive1424]

Holy smokes!! Luck and skill! Barging through high tension lines with a massive fuel leak and not ending in a fire ball. Big guy wasn’t calling him just yet..... Well done!!

[@Windian95]

Love the positive message of Fly Wire. When I have my first engine out these videos will be running through my mind

[@SquawkCode]

Great story. Thank you to both of you for sharing. The pilot did everything right within his control which got them through the things he couldn't control (high voltage lines). Two families are forever grateful!

[@charlesschneiter]

Thanks Scott for your footstomp at the end of the video! Keeping the gear up makes perfect sense and is now new on my list.

[@thefamilythatfliestogether]

Great story with a good outcome! The pilot handled the emergency engine out well. It is crazy that the plane was able to break that power wire and still allow for a "normal" landing after. Also, Scott, thanks for the quick reminder at the end about setting best glide, looking for a place to land and deciding when to stop messing with the engine.

[@nickhart5332]

Scott Purdue for president! 🇺🇸

[@Lightningmfg]

Aluminum tubing.... I have a 1959 Piper Comanche. My first airplane and I decided to do a firewall forward rebuild. Had the engine and engine mount off and was preparing to paint the firewall. I had the fuel pressure gauge line (aluminum) masking taped up. As I went to move it and bend it up to get it out of the way. It broke off at the firewall. Corrosion. Piper used 5051-O aluminum tube. I guess Beech did too. Over the years water would get trapped at the firewall seal point. Back in the day guys would use what I call Dumb Dumb. It's almost like plumbers putty. I ended up putting electrical gauges in the panel. I always thought plumbing fuel and hot oil into the cockpit was a stupid idea.

[@Mrsournotes]

Absolutely would buy Terry a beer. Excellent video Scott!

[@SquawkCode]

Luck is when preparation meets opportunity. This pilot was prepared!

[@philipfreeman72]

Good to have a sturdy airplane & good pilot .

[@neatstuff8200]

One additional thing I don't think you mentioned was that you will have about two applications of your brakes and that is it so keep in mind do not pump your brakes and assume you have only one push on the pedals. Nice job Scott

[@FlyWirescottperdue]

Why would you only have two brake applications in a Bonanza?

[@kevinmalloy2180]

Wow!!! What great flying and what a great video (and what a great airplane)!!! Thanks Scott.

[@andyspandy5317]

Thank you, very interesting. A lot to think about.

[@Joe_Not_A_Fed]

I can't think of anything they could have done better under the circumstances. I am very proud of the job they did across the board, with world class CRM thown in for good measure. Everyone helped out and extra kudos to the folks at Beech who decided to weld some steel girders into that tail. I think we all needed some good news right about now. Thanks for sharing, Scott.

[@kayakconfessions4121]

Love the mic 🎤 DJ!!!🤣😂❤️🤳🤳❤️

[@robertericfry]

Great lessons. What was the fuel tube that split? Fuel pressure gauge line? Primer line?

[@FlyWirescottperdue]

Fuel pressure line.

[@danb1059]

Great episode!

[@antoniobranch]

"Flying has taught me confidence, competence, courage, patience, dedication, motivation, and humility." "Thank goodness the tail snagged the power line and not the landing gear... Great piloting, great outcome."

[@karlscribner7436]

Interesting tale. Great teachable moment for prof Perdue.

[@craigt4467]

Scott You guys did a great interview Wonderful recounting from the pilot and I’d say he did a fantastic job getting himself and his passenger back on the ground alive Thank you 🙏🏻 so much for this video Great learning experience again Scott you and your channel are so helpful Bravo 👏🏻 10 out of 5 stars again for this video ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ From Las Vegas Craig 😇✌️👍

[@Mike-01234]

Lucky caught the tail with the power line not the wing where the fuel tank was. Generally protective relaying will unload the line within 10 MS for any line above 100k. Lines below that will use fuses that blow probably a lower rated line maybe 5-25k volts.

[@steveparker576]

If I remember correctly, I read in the 1980s in Air &Space Technology of a study that said with engine malfunction and partial power loss that 95 percent of engine failures occur when throttle position is changed. My lesson from that is regardless of what the manual says, in a partil power loss, if an engine is producing useful thrust, I will NOT adjust the throttle or props until landing is assured. So if the manual says in a partial power loss or other abnormal situation to "reduce power to...", I'll not touch the throttle/prop until landing is assured.

[@markb.1259]

VERY lucky those power lines didn't have the fuselage energized!!!

[@twest344]

As a kid, my father told me a story about a "Piper cub" (the only plane my father knew the name of) that tried to land in one of our hay fields- but the tailwheel hit a power line, and the pilot died as the nose of the plane slammed down into the turf. This must have happened in the 1950's or late 40's as my father was a child. Since then, I've been terrified about power lines. I have hit them with an r/c plane but hope to avoid them with my full scale. Great video.

[@scofab]

Well done, and thanks to you both for sharing the lesson. Curious if the voltage affected the avionics in any way, and what's the plan going forward?

[@rollamichael]

I was just studying the p51 pilot's manual and the teaching was if power goes out, under any condition, gear up.

[@vitoruffalo2576]

Wow! 😬 Lucky🍀 and skill. Good job. These are the stories that save lives later on me

[@EricCullum]

Excellent job of getting her down intact! So nice to hear and incident story with a Bonanza that had a positive outcome. 😊👏👏👏🥂

[@gittnjiggy2]

that looks like 1/0 ACSR ( aluminum conductor steel reinforced) wire, probably carrying 12 or 21 Kv power.

[@pamshewan9181]

Amazing. His skills saved him with quite a bit of luck 🍀

[@Naminator357]

Just had my 1st engine real failure yesterday. Power loss to be exact. I'm a

[@FlyWirescottperdue]

Great story, thanks for sharing!

[@Naminator357]

@@FlyWirescottperdue I just hope someone has some use from this story. Thanks for all the good and informative videos you're making!

[@JSFGuy]

Good database information. Definitely want to practice and have your options committed to memory.

[@gtm624]

This is miraculous! Idk what else to say. Massive fuel leak and hit the lines and walked away. Wow.

[@billylain7456]

Excellent video. Thank you.

[@kevincollins8014]

Yes this outcome couldn't have been any better given the circumstances. No one was injured in the aircraft or the ground. Great story thanks for sharing this with us all. I am sorry to hear that the Bonanza is a loss but it did it's job after the engine failure.

[@turnbank3492]

Good for them.

[@martinp1544]

Interesting story & lucky guy.

[@ferebeefamily]

Thank you both for making this video so we can learn from it.

[@mpgofast]

As a A&P, AI It's the little things that will bite you, Oil pressure and fuel pressure lines are major fail areas and metal lines vibrate and break, good video

[@charlescoulson]

Does this qualify you for the tailhook club? Well done for being able to tell the story!

[@josephsener420]

Great job, Terry!

[@adotintheshark4848]

Finally, a Bonanza coming down in one piece for a change.

[@lockedin60]

Scott thanks for sharing the story and the interview. For one day the grim reaper is avoided and GA has a feather in it's cap. Experience and some level headed thinking were critical for a successful outcome. Thanks for the recap of things to do when others could be facing a similar problem. Even with the best maintenance on an airplane, mechanical things are not always going to work properly. Scott would it be impractical and too expensive to have a system in place that would help to avoid objects/obstacles in the situation that was presented here(power lines). I know the automotive industry is starting to install systems or is making them available as an upgrade.

[@FlyWirescottperdue]

Good question James, In a situation like this I see anything other than looking outside and flying the plane is a dangerous distraction.

[@yru435]

Cool head prevails, well done. Everyone is focusing on the pilot, decision making, good flying, and deservedly so. However, the thing that really sticks out to me is that while the pilot talked about rebuilding the carb, I have got to wonder about all of the decades old ancillary pieces and parts that survive on all of these old aircraft that do not get a second glance. Could that fuel line that split be an original part or something recycled by a mechanic sometime in the past? I have got to wonder how often these old bits and pieces which we take for granted are involved in aviation incidents.

[@BoomVang]

Would Scott or another test pilot like to re-enact and film such a landing on a long airstrip and explore a couple remedies? First, see if you can recreate bouncing off ground effect with a steep and hot approach. Second, see if feasible to snuff out this non-contact bounce with proactive pitch control. Third, assuming you scream under the imaginary 2nd wire but are overtaking ground traffic or obstacles, can you address with a forward slip like in the Air Canada Gimli Glider incident? P.S. I loved being taught forward slips because it seemed so naughty to "cross" controls.

[@easttexan2933]

way too much to think about. You gonna volunteer your airplane for these trials?

[@Erik-rp1hi]

Great piloting. As far as the tube failure, I guess it was fatigue induced. Maybe 1 or 2 loops of the tube in that area to dampen the vibration of the engine to firewall connection?

[@willhibbardii2450]

Terry, I would count as a rough day in the office facilitated by bad engineering! The postmortem of discovering why the engine lost power and finding the split fuel pressure gage line being the culprit is very sobering. Smelling fuel in the cockpit wouldn't be a boost to confidence either. Then discovering a flash fire in the engine compartment had occurred probably due to arc ignition after chopping power lines brings up aftermath sphincter factor. Walking away from that forced landing would be very humbling in my perspective. My takeaway is a better designed sending unit is prescribed and remove that type from aircraft. Glad you guys weren't hurt!

[@kenhurley4441]

Great video Scott. I always learn so much from different videos. At 2,500 agl,,,, you only have around 2 or more minutes to get down safely. Terry did an execellent job in a SHORT amount of time. Question, is the plane rebuildable? I've flown a V-Tail and I loved it.

[@terryhoskins9391]

Unfortunately, it won’t be feasible to rebuild it.

[@kenhurley4441]

@@terryhoskins9391 Maybe a parts plane then. You did an execellent job in a real short time to make decisions.

[@sanderruscigno]

Congrats, you did a great job...

[@everflywings]

Thank you for sharing. We can all learn from it and hope it never happens to any of us!

[@Bortnoone]

Very interesting and that dude is pretty cool

[@turkey0165]

Any landing you can walk away from physically Un -damaged is a good landing!

[@jimmydulin928]

Twelve of my thirteen engine failures, mostly crop dusting, started at two hundred feet or below. They were mostly six second deals so I missed all the trauma of the high altitude failures. About wires, however, for those who fly low normally they are pretty easy to identify. Poles parallel the road mostly, but housing or structures along the road should receive the most attention. That is where a line will be crossing the road. Service lines are usually cut with the prop, even windmilling. Once below crossing lines, dynamic proactive elevator control can bracket three feet ground effect effectively. Below three feet ground effect, the low wing like Bonanza or Pawnee will be whacking every road sign in most of the country. Love the desert and mountain west. Wide shoulders.

[@ShitboxFlyer]

Where most of those faliures in piston engines?

[@jimmydulin928]

@@ShitboxFlyer Yes, the only jet engine was in the AH1-G Cobra in Vietnam and it took ground fire. The high one was a GO-300 in a C-175 west of Santa Fe. Cardinal and C-152 from 200' AGL on pipelines. C-172 on takeoff. One SuperCub coming out of a crop field teaching crop dusting and the rest 235 hp O-540s in Pawnees and CallAirs spraying. Airspeed, life down low, provides zoom reserve for pitch up and maneuvering. Once up and LZ found, release back pressure to unload wing in the 1g turn of any bank angle necessary to make the very near LZ. In nearly all, even with failure in the field, I was high and fast requiring full flap and full slip to make the beginning of the LZ. Again, it is pretty easy as there are few choices in the near horizon. Safe takeoff uses the same free energy as in the crop field. Low ground effect until just over the obstruction to save life, airspeed that is. Vx or Vy is almost never appropriate. Either forfeits free ground effect energy for best acceleration.

[@frankhuber9912]

By the way, for those of you who fly homebuilt jobs that run on regular auto gas, any low voltage power line will do.

[@gtm624]

Of course excellent piloting came into play here. But that was one hell of a leak.

[@ronaldheller6740]

As a new bonanza owner this is just good info!

[@thatairplaneguy]

Holy crap!! It’s a shame. Such a gorgeous plane! I hope you’re able to repair it.

[@dermick]

Fuel leaking anywhere scares the crap out of me. It would be interesting to understand what that tiny leaking line is for. Primer? Fuel Pressure indicator? If it happens once, it can happen again. I'd be looking to find a way to get rid of that tiny fuel line if I had one on my aircraft.

[@FlyWirescottperdue]

Fuel Pressure.

[@par5eagles975]

Good video and story. One thing i wonder is why they didn't have foreflight or another EFB in the cockpit? Or in-panel GPS? Or did they not think to use it, as an alternative to communicating with ATC when looking for a divert airport?

[@davidmyers8924]

This an affirmation of the old AD beefing up the tail spars.

[@geraldhancotte7887]

Great story and a very good outcome!

[@180mph9]

Good job.

[@tg-bh2up]

Can you do videos dealing with the after incident actions especially the physical removal of the airframe and transporting it. What has worked and what have pilots regretted.

[@FlyWirescottperdue]

God idea.

[@pelicanlover69]

At 17;00 " look for a place to land". I was always looking where I would land in a emergency. That was drummed into me training for my Commercial License. Stayed in my mind.

[@robertwatson818]

What is the glide ratio of this plane?

[@Parr4theCourse]

Great job Terry and Scott for presenting this story!!!

[@TheKaptainkraig]

Excellent piloting! Was this aircraft repairable? Looks pretty bad with the damage to the aft part of the fuselage.

[@terryhoskins9391]

Unfortunately, it won’t be feasible to repair it.

[@TheKaptainkraig]

@@terryhoskins9391 Sorry to hear that. It was a really pretty classic!

[@alantoon5708]

The Bonanza and the occupants will fly again. The best possible outcome. My father's flight instructor always told him to always be looking for a place to land when flying. In fact, they even did a practice forced landing on a road....

[@russelllowry1061]

He was good, and lucky. Power lines, and vehicles are why I would always choose a field over a road. I know that the road was the only option for him in this case. I do wonder why the fuel line cracked like it did. Could there have been a bird strike or something? Glad all turned out ok. As an A36 pilot I am proud to know the strength our airframes possess. The bonanza IS the Cadillac of the single piston engine world, but of course I am biased.

[@billlarsen7730]

Was it repairable?

[@jeromep976]

It looks like the small fuel line that failed was the pressure line running into the cabin for the fuel flow indicator gauge. These lines can also fail inside the cabin creating a nice source for a raging cabin fire. I could be wrong here, but either way that fuel pressure line to the gauge is critical.

[@apolloreinard7737]

I wonder why the aluminum tube split. There couldn't have been much pressure in a 1/8 tube. Bad seam? Vibration/Fatigue/Corrosion/all of the above?

[@jamesprice6381]

@@apolloreinard7737 $75 part MAYBE? I bet that wont be overlooked that on next annual! Id be replacing it EVERY time :)

[@davidrichardson376]

@@apolloreinard7737 The pressure in the line is independent of the tube size (pounds per square inch in US units). The tube split along it's length which is typical of pressure cycling and occurs all the time in water pipes according to a plumber I know.